UAL Unit 8 EdenR

Final Major Project evaluation  I feel overall the project went well, I stayed on track with where I was expecting to be from the beginning of the project. I think I have made great progression through the project and developed the technique and style I was aiming to succeed in. I think I showed cleared development through the project with improving and coping when things don't go to plan or when a shoot isn't as unsuccessful as some of the other shoots.  I am pleased with my final images and I think then are a clear representation of the aim of this project and managed to improve my photography and idea portraying the style of my researched photographers. I also managed to stay on target of my project schedule meaning that I didn't fall behind with the work to restrict the number of shoots I got through, being able to edit them and evaluated them fully to say what went successful and what didn't. So that I can develop and improve my photography. 

Fourth Shoot Edits  For all of these photos I used an aperture of f25, an ISO of 100 and a shutter speed of 30 seconds. I used a DSLR camera with a neutral density filter in order to allow the shutter to be open for 30 seconds without the photo being over exposed. I edited them all using the camera raw filter in photoshop and changed them to black and white to relate mainly to the work of John Blakemore but also to both Thomas Joshua Cooper and Michael Kenna. In this image I like the way minimal water runs over the rock in the centre. You can see the single strands of water and then they disappear as the join the base of the waterfall. I think this is one of the stronger images compared to the others because of the contrast between the whites and the blacks. I also feel like there is no area in the photo where it looks over exposed. I also used the dodge tool on the sky as it appeared very grey. I think this image isn't as successful because the right hand side of the w...

Fourth Shoot  For this shoot I went to a fast flowing waterfall to perfect the technique of a long exposure photos. I reshot this shoot because the photos before were very unsuccessful, so I chose a faster subject like this waterfall. They are more reliable then the sea as the sea can be calm or rough dependent on the weather. However, at a waterfall as long as there is water it will fall. I used a shutter speed of 30 seconds, an ISO of 100 and an aperture at f25. The images I edited were IMG_7033, IMG_7045, IMG_7040, IMG_7048 and IMG_7055.  I took the photos into photoshop and edited them into the style of the photographers that use long exposures such as, Michael kenna, Michael Levin and Thomas Joshua Cooper. These images most signify the work of John Blakemore with his project of long coastal exposures.   I think these photos worked better because it was a more reliable source compared to some of my others shoots because unless there was a major drought then t...

John Blakemore Research   John Blakemore is known for his landscape photography. He was born 15th July 1936 in Coventry. Some significant event which happen in his life was the war in 1939, he also served as an RAF nurse from 1954-1956. In 1970 he first got into landscape photography this was when he moved to Derby to begin teaching. From 1971 he started to only use a 5x4 camera and simplified equipment. He solely uses a 180mm Symmar S lens for both landscape and still life. This was because it is high quality and large pixels. So the standard of his work is high. This camera is a large format and involves black and white film. I like this photo because it relates to the kind of work I have produced and would like to similar kind of work to this. These photos inspire me to create this misty by using long exposure and filters in order to lengthen the time the shutter is open for by minimising the light entering the lens. I like the composition of the image with large roc...